False alarm calls are a substantial resource allocation problem for police administrators even though the issue tends not to be high profile. A panel design is utilized to describe how one municipal fine schedule affects the generation of false security alarm calls for police service by residential, commercial, and nonprofit property types. It was found that property type accounts for12% of the variation in annual false alarm generation and that, on average, false alarm production decreased substantially over time.
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